19th Arrondissement of Paris - 19th Arrondisement Network

19th Arrondisement Network

The 19th Arrondissement Network was a group of militant French Muslims who were tried and convicted of recruiting approximately a dozen Frenchmen to fight for insurgent forces in the Iraq War. The group is referred to by this name since a large portion of its members were from this neighborhood of Paris.

The leader of the group, Farid Benyettou, was arrested in January 2005, ending the group's operations. Benyettou was a self-taught preacher of the Salafist branch.

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